Data Science Manager

Salary: £100,000 - 100,000 per year

Requirements:

• Proven experience leading Data Science teams in a commercial environment.
• Strong knowledge of machine learning, statistics, Python and SQL.
• Experience developing and deploying predictive models using customer and commercial data.
• Experience with cloud analytics platforms such as Databricks, Snowflake or BigQuery.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication and leadership skills.
• Commercially focused with the ability to prioritise and deliver high-impact outcomes.

Responsibilities:

• We lead, coach and develop a high-performing Data Science team.
• We own and deliver the Data Science roadmap, prioritising work based on business value.
• We oversee the development and deployment of machine learning models, including churn, customer lifetime value, forecasting, segmentation and recommendation.
• We ensure solutions are scalable, robust, governed and production-ready.
• We partner with business and technology stakeholders to translate commercial challenges into data-driven solutions.
• We drive best practice in data science, model governance and technical delivery.
• We deliver measurable business value through the effective use of data science.

Technologies:

• BigQuery
• Cloud
• CRM
• Databricks
• Support
• Machine Learning
• Python
• SQL
• Snowflake

More:

We are a retail organisation looking for a Data Scientist Manager to lead our Customer Data function. This is a Southampton-based role requiring attendance 2-3 days a month. We offer a competitive package of £100K, a 50% bonus and a £6,500 car allowance. In this role, we work across Customer, Digital, CRM, Loyalty, Retail Media, Finance and Technology to improve customer insight, support commercial decision-making and enable personalisation through machine learning and advanced analytics.

last updated 32 week of 2026